Emily Dickinson Lexicon

almanac (-s), n. [L.] (webplay: moon, sun, wood).

1. Astrological chart of the sun, moon, and stars; [NW says: small book, or table, containing a calendar of days, weeks and months, with the times of the rising sun and moon … The Baltic nations formerly engraved their calendars on pieces of wood … Many of these are preserved in the cabinets of the curious.]
2. Timetable; calendar; diary.